tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33892521.post5681987421633365625..comments2023-06-22T06:08:32.457-05:00Comments on The Opinionated Marketers: Anecdotes vs Action ItemsJohn Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11043220283018147707noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33892521.post-11657534148132671382007-09-06T08:36:00.000-05:002007-09-06T08:36:00.000-05:00I used to to the BWI-Manchester SWA run a lot...Th...I used to to the BWI-Manchester SWA run a lot...<BR/><BR/>There is period talk of high speed rail here in Texas, which never gets beyond talk. I think appropriately priced rail between Houston and Dallas would be a big winner. The flight option winds up taking 4 hours (about the same as driving), with very little productive time. I think a train trip that was under 4 hours (quite doable) with comfortable accomodations would be popular, because you could use the time well. <BR/><BR/>Providence to DC is a horrid train trip; it's just too long to really be that nice. The New England parts of the Amtrak trips are painfully slow. When I lived in Boston, I'd usually drive to NYC over taking the train; it was more pleasant, actually. Same with DC-NYC in my DC days. So yes, in your shoes, I'd fly too. <BR/><BR/>Dallas-Austin and Houston-San Antonio are even shorter trips, and again I think really well suited for rail. (There is Houston-San Antonio rail, it's just slow; when I needed to come home from San Antonio after riding there with someone else, Continental turned out to be easier and cheaper than Amtrak.)John Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11043220283018147707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33892521.post-40749879164271550072007-09-06T07:35:00.000-05:002007-09-06T07:35:00.000-05:00Living in New England and having Southwest working...Living in New England and having Southwest working out of an airport within 40 miles of my house, I do get to fly them. I also have good rail access, and I can say that rail wouldn't diminish Southwest too much. The cost to take a train from Providence to Washington one way is the same to do the trip via Southwest - only Southwest is round trip...<BR/><BR/>We've heard of "people doing it differently" in the airline business for years. The truth to my mind is that change comes either slowly or not at all. The Good Captain is a canard, to be culled from the herd when the media isn't looking.Mark Cahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929040571821801316noreply@blogger.com